guango
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]guango (plural guangos)
- (Jamaica) The tree Albizia saman, of the pea family.
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guango (plural guango dem, quantified guango)
- Albizia saman, guango, monkey pod tree, rain tree
- After yuh pass the guango tree pon di lef hand side, guh roun di corner yu si wah cow tie pon a light post ...
- Go past the rain tree on your left. Then go round the corner. There you'll see a cow tied to a lamppost ...
Further reading
[edit]- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 272